Do you want to help hedgehogs like Grace. We’re looking for ‘Hedgehog Heros’ to help make the villages ‘Hedgehog Friendly” could you be the next one to join us? Contact us here at HQ and help halt the decline one garden and one village at a time. We especially want hedgehog heroes in the borough of Surrey Heath and surrounding areas

Hedgehogs have survived for over 15 million years and are thought to be one of the oldest mammals on earth. They are not found in America or Australia but are found to be widespread. They have changed very little in their time on the planet. Hedgehogs all have hollow hairs that are made

Hedgehogs are considered the gardener’s friend as they can help keep some of the garden pests under control. However, whilst they can give us the pleasure of seeing them as they wander across our gardens late at night; we can cause them a lot of problems with our gardening activities. The following advice should help to reduce some of the problems

Habitat is everything. The loss of habitats and safe nesting sites has left hedgehogs extremely exposed. They have traditionally spent their times close to hedgerows seeking prey and where they would be able to find safe nesting sites in the dense hedges.

There was once a country man who had money and land in plenty, but however rich he was, his happiness was still lacking in one respect - he had no children. Often when he went into the town with the other peasants they mocked him and asked why he had no children. At last he became angry, and when he got home he said, "I will have a child, even if it be a hedgehog.".

Hedgehogs are very useful visitors to any garden. They eat slugs, beetles, caterpillars and a variety of other cute creepy crawlies, in fact, everything that makes holes in your plants will probably be the prey of these spiky fellows, making them a must have in any garden.

In most European countries, hedgehogs are believed to be a hard-working no-nonsense animal. This partially results from the folk belief that hedgehogs collect apples and mushrooms and carry them to their secret storage. It is unclear exactly how old this belief is though

Don't let them burn. Hedgehogs hibernate in late autumn when just about all their food supply has itself either hibernated, migrated or gone deep into the ground. They then find somewhere dry and start building a nest.